LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Alfred Herman MARTIN
Service No: 76980
Born: Sydney NSW, 15 January 1899
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Discharged from the RAAF: 5 October 1945
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Maintenance Group
Died: Illness, 7 November 1946, Aged 47 Years
Buried: Gladstone Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Herman and Louisa Jane Martin; husband of Lalla Myrtle Martin, of Inglewood
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 October 1945, Leading Aircraftman Martin, a Guard, was discharged from the RAAF on demobilisation and he died of an illness on 7 November 1946.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 76980